SHOOT UP Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

shoot (up)

verb

Definition of shoot (up)

as in to soar

to rise abruptly and rapidly gas prices shot up seemingly overnight

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Households are grappling with such choices amid soaring healthcare costs, in some cases forcing them to make difficult financial trade-offs during open enrollment, experts said.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
Also in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200, Drake’s HABIBTI soars 116-2 (returning to its peak) after it was reissued with four additional songs.

— Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of soar

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Over the next three years, Movistar Plus plans to increase its annual output of Spanish originals from eight to 16 series, alongside another 10 titles through co-production and rights acquisition agreements.

— Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
The GroundBreaker 1 selection comes as the Department of War places increasing emphasis on rapidly fielding autonomous and robotic systems capable of operating alongside warfighters.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026

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If two typical galaxies met in a head-on collision, the dark matter would experience very little friction, or drag, and would keep on rocketing by.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
The filing lays out a business growing rapidly after jumping 137% to $467 million in revenue in the first half of 2026 while net income rocketed by over 300% to $91 million.

— Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026

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